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| 1932, June 16–July 9 |
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| LAUSANNE CONFERENCE (See June 16–July 9). | 1 |
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| 1933, Feb |
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| In view of the danger from the new nationalist Germany and increased Hungarian irredentism, the Little Entente was reorganized and given a permanent council. | 2 |
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| March 17 |
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| Conclusion of the Rome protocols among Italy, Austria, and Hungary. They provided for closer trade relations, consultation, and common policy, and in general represented the organization, under Fascist auspices, of a Danubian bloc to counterbalance the Little Entente and the French influence. | 3 |
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| July |
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| Romania and Russia concluded a nonaggression pact, involving tacit recognition of Romania's possession of Bessarabia. It was the direct result of Hitler's victory in Germany and Russia's preoccupation with the Far Eastern situation. | 4 |
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| July 15 |
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| Conclusion of the four-power pact among Britain, France, Germany, and Italy; backed by Mussolini as an alternative to the League, but of no significance. | 5 |
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| Sept. 15 |
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| Greece and Turkey signed a ten-year nonaggression pact. The two countries agreed to close cooperation in foreign policy. | 6 |
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| Oct. 14 |
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| German withdrawal from the disarmament conference and from the League of Nations (Oct. 23). | 7 |
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